Italian Jewish Networks from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century [electronic resource] : Bridging Europe and the Mediterranean /
Bregoli, Francesca.editor.
Ferrara degli Uberti, Carlotta.editor.
Schwarz, Guri.editor.
The volume investigates the interconnections between the Italian Jewish worlds and wider European and Mediterranean circles, situating the Italian Jewish experience within a transregional and transnational context that is mindful of the complex set of networks, relations, and loyalties that characterized Jewish diasporic life from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Preceded by a methodological introduction by the editors, the chapters present specific case studies that address rabbinic connections and ties of communal solidarity in the early modern period, and examine the circulation of Hebrew books and the complex overlap of national and transnational identities after emancipation. For the twentieth century, this volume additionally explores the Italian side of the Wissenschaft des Judentums; the role of international Jewish agencies in the years of Fascist racial persecution; the interactions between Italian Jewry, JDPs and Zionist envoys in the aftermath of Word War II; and the impact of Zionism in transforming modern Jewish identities.
1. Introduction;Francesca Bregoli, Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti and Guri Schwarz -- 2. Rabbi Abraham Rovigo’s Home as a Center for Traveling Scholars; Matt Goldish -- 3. La Puerta de la Franquía: Livorno and Pan-Jewish Networks of Beneficence in the Eighteenth Century; Matthias Lehmann -- 4. Elia Benamozegh's Printing Presses: Livornese Crossroads and the New Margins of Italian Jewish History; Clémence Boulouque -- 5. Claiming Livorno: Citizenship, Commerce, and Culture in the Italian Jewish Diaspora; Alyssa Reiman -- 6. Living in Exile: Wissenschaft des Judentums and the Study of Religion in Italy (1890s-1930s); Cristiana Facchini -- 7. Under Observation: Italian Jewry and European Jewish Philanthropic Organizations in 1938-1939; Tullia Catalan -- 8. Jewish DPs in Post-War Italy: The Role of Italian Jewry in a Multilateral Encounter (1945-48); Arturo Marzano -- 9. Young Italian Jews in Israel and Back. Voices from a Generation (1945-1953); Marcella Simoni -- Index.
The volume investigates the interconnections between the Italian Jewish worlds and wider European and Mediterranean circles, situating the Italian Jewish experience within a transregional and transnational context that is mindful of the complex set of networks, relations, and loyalties that characterized Jewish diasporic life from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Preceded by a methodological introduction by the editors, the chapters present specific case studies that address rabbinic connections and ties of communal solidarity in the early modern period, and examine the circulation of Hebrew books and the complex overlap of national and transnational identities after emancipation. For the twentieth century, this volume additionally explores the Italian side of the Wissenschaft des Judentums; the role of international Jewish agencies in the years of Fascist racial persecution; the interactions between Italian Jewry, JDPs and Zionist envoys in the aftermath of Word War II; and the impact of Zionism in transforming modern Jewish identities.
Europe-History-1492-.
Civilization-History.
Judaism and culture.
Religion-History.
History of Early Modern Europe.
History of Modern Europe.
Cultural History.
Jewish Cultural Studies.
History of Religion.